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Tragic death in Peru

Every year we are contacted in connection with tragedies in the mountains. Understandably, many people choose not to speak out about the loss of their loved ones. We are grateful to those who do, because the best way to prevent more people from dying is to publicise the risks.

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Both the surface of the Earth, and the atmosphere, bulge outwards around the Equator. This means that there is comparatively less atmosphere above the North Pole than there is above the tropical regions. If Mount Everest was on the North Pole, it would not be possible to climb it without supplementary oxygen.